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CITY FREE LIBRARY
Sacramento, Calif.
2
'The Sun Never Sets on Foreign Service'
The Sacramento Veteran
(OFFICIAL PUBLICATION, LIEUT. LANSDALE POST 67, V. F.W.)
Volume XI.
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, APRIL, 1932.
No. 4.
Favorable Vote
On "Bonus" Bill
Reported Lately
Interests Allege Move Bad For
Welfare Of United States;
Mistaken
LATE reports from the front
indicate a rapidly increasing
flood of public sentiment favoring
passage of the legislation providing for the payment at once of
the balance due under the Adjusted Compensation Act for
World War Veterans. The daily
press carried a story this week
to the effect that it is expected
the House will pass the measure
and a Republican Senator from
Pennsylvania, speaking on the
radio, expressed his "fears" that
the measure will go through.
His opposition, he stated, was
predicated on the assumption
that the country will go to the
wa if *-*tc—hrrr—r?> C"
He should have been more explicit and said that the Republican party was the prospective
bill of fare for the mutts if the
pet ideas of Herbert Hoover are
allowed to be sidetracked.
Comrades must realize that the
Veterans of Foreign Wars have
spent nationally some $30,000 to
$50,000 to secure the passage of
this measure at this time and that
some of the keenest legal minds
in the country have aided us in
framing a measure which will be
equitable to all. Is it likely that
the great mass of legislators
would voluntarily permit any
such travesty on justice to be perpetrated without informing us
personally of the consequences?
The statements of the Senator
are reminiscent of a case in a
mid-western state when a so-
called People's candidate was
snowed under in an election. The
county boss wired to his immediate boss: "We have been
snowed under! God help the people!" Late reports indicate that
the state in question is still growing and apparently thriving.
.Yational Commander Stevens
of the American Legion reiterated on the occasion of his visit
here that the American Legion
was not going to go back on its
promise to Hoover. It becomes
Continued on Page Four
WELCOME TO ENCAMPMENT IS
GIVEN BY SACRAMENTO CITY
By JAS. S. DEAN, City Manager
ALL SACRAMENTO, including civic organizations, citizens and the municipal government, will join forces to welcome
the Thirty-third National Encampment of Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States to be
held here in August. California's
destined to become the greatest
inland city in California.
The discovery of gold in 1848
within forty-eight miles of here
at Coloma gave an impetus to
Sacramento's development which
rapidly placed it in the forefront
of pioneer western cities.
THE CROCKER ART GALLERY
Capital City is proud to entertain the delegates of this great
organization and is honored by
its selection as Encampment
headquarters.
No city in the west has a more
romantic and historic background
than Sacramento. Founded in
1839 by General John A. Sutter,
Sacramento has grown from this
obscure beginning to a thriving
metropolis' of nearly 100,000. The
strategic distributing center for
the vast Sacramento Valley, it is
Visitors to Sacramento will see
the famous Sutter's Fort on the
original site, surrounded by a
magnificent park, and maintained
by the State of California as an
exact replica of its original construction. It is pictured in this
issue, together with a view of
McKinley Park, a popular neighborhood recreation center;
Crocker Art Gallery, housing one
of the finest art collections in
California; and Sacramento's mil-
Continued on Page Ten
Wheelbarrow Race
To Lead Parade In
April 7 Ceremonial
Buck, Wheaton Tie; Fred Boyle
Gets Free Seat In Ancient
Hibernian Flivver
A GIGANTIC ceremonial in a
downtown location, following the wheelbarrow parade in
which Comrades Frank Buck and
Leon N. Wheaton will alternate
in pushing a wheelbarrow carrying Fred j. Boyle, Post Commander, is now in process of
planning for the night of April 7.
Neighboring Posts are invited to
attend officially or otherwise and
bring with them some of their
own candidates.
The recruits for the evening
are to march in the parade followed by all available members
of Lieutenant Lansdale and other
neighboring Posts with the Drum
Corps from Lieut. Lansdale Post
leading and the line of march
will be from 15th and j streets
west to 5th street, thence south to
K and east to the site of the ceremonial, p r o b a b 1 y a vacant
garage.
It is hoped that at that time
the 700th member of Lieutenant
Lansdale Post will participate in
the ceremonial degree, at once
celebrating the attainment of the
Post's quota in the Departmental
membership drive and also the
conclusion of the Post's drive
with the rival Captains, Buck
and Wrheaton, battling.
Comrade Buck failed to show
any great degree of sportsmanship in the finish of this drive,
contenting himself with saying,
"If Wheaton had come out on
top I'd have always maintained
that the best thief won !" Wheaton had no comeback to this.
The meeting has been set
aside and the only business to be
transacted is the necessary investigation and election of any additional candidates who may wish
to become members on that
night.
Commander FYed J. Boyle announced that the J street side of
the Memorial Auditorium at 16th
and J will be the point of assembly and all Posts and comrades
are requested to be on hand at
Continued on Page Seven
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DELEGATES
AND VISITORS

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CITY FREE LIBRARY
Sacramento, Calif.
2
'The Sun Never Sets on Foreign Service'
The Sacramento Veteran
(OFFICIAL PUBLICATION, LIEUT. LANSDALE POST 67, V. F.W.)
Volume XI.
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, APRIL, 1932.
No. 4.
Favorable Vote
On "Bonus" Bill
Reported Lately
Interests Allege Move Bad For
Welfare Of United States;
Mistaken
LATE reports from the front
indicate a rapidly increasing
flood of public sentiment favoring
passage of the legislation providing for the payment at once of
the balance due under the Adjusted Compensation Act for
World War Veterans. The daily
press carried a story this week
to the effect that it is expected
the House will pass the measure
and a Republican Senator from
Pennsylvania, speaking on the
radio, expressed his "fears" that
the measure will go through.
His opposition, he stated, was
predicated on the assumption
that the country will go to the
wa if *-*tc—hrrr—r?> C"
He should have been more explicit and said that the Republican party was the prospective
bill of fare for the mutts if the
pet ideas of Herbert Hoover are
allowed to be sidetracked.
Comrades must realize that the
Veterans of Foreign Wars have
spent nationally some $30,000 to
$50,000 to secure the passage of
this measure at this time and that
some of the keenest legal minds
in the country have aided us in
framing a measure which will be
equitable to all. Is it likely that
the great mass of legislators
would voluntarily permit any
such travesty on justice to be perpetrated without informing us
personally of the consequences?
The statements of the Senator
are reminiscent of a case in a
mid-western state when a so-
called People's candidate was
snowed under in an election. The
county boss wired to his immediate boss: "We have been
snowed under! God help the people!" Late reports indicate that
the state in question is still growing and apparently thriving.
.Yational Commander Stevens
of the American Legion reiterated on the occasion of his visit
here that the American Legion
was not going to go back on its
promise to Hoover. It becomes
Continued on Page Four
WELCOME TO ENCAMPMENT IS
GIVEN BY SACRAMENTO CITY
By JAS. S. DEAN, City Manager
ALL SACRAMENTO, including civic organizations, citizens and the municipal government, will join forces to welcome
the Thirty-third National Encampment of Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States to be
held here in August. California's
destined to become the greatest
inland city in California.
The discovery of gold in 1848
within forty-eight miles of here
at Coloma gave an impetus to
Sacramento's development which
rapidly placed it in the forefront
of pioneer western cities.
THE CROCKER ART GALLERY
Capital City is proud to entertain the delegates of this great
organization and is honored by
its selection as Encampment
headquarters.
No city in the west has a more
romantic and historic background
than Sacramento. Founded in
1839 by General John A. Sutter,
Sacramento has grown from this
obscure beginning to a thriving
metropolis' of nearly 100,000. The
strategic distributing center for
the vast Sacramento Valley, it is
Visitors to Sacramento will see
the famous Sutter's Fort on the
original site, surrounded by a
magnificent park, and maintained
by the State of California as an
exact replica of its original construction. It is pictured in this
issue, together with a view of
McKinley Park, a popular neighborhood recreation center;
Crocker Art Gallery, housing one
of the finest art collections in
California; and Sacramento's mil-
Continued on Page Ten
Wheelbarrow Race
To Lead Parade In
April 7 Ceremonial
Buck, Wheaton Tie; Fred Boyle
Gets Free Seat In Ancient
Hibernian Flivver
A GIGANTIC ceremonial in a
downtown location, following the wheelbarrow parade in
which Comrades Frank Buck and
Leon N. Wheaton will alternate
in pushing a wheelbarrow carrying Fred j. Boyle, Post Commander, is now in process of
planning for the night of April 7.
Neighboring Posts are invited to
attend officially or otherwise and
bring with them some of their
own candidates.
The recruits for the evening
are to march in the parade followed by all available members
of Lieutenant Lansdale and other
neighboring Posts with the Drum
Corps from Lieut. Lansdale Post
leading and the line of march
will be from 15th and j streets
west to 5th street, thence south to
K and east to the site of the ceremonial, p r o b a b 1 y a vacant
garage.
It is hoped that at that time
the 700th member of Lieutenant
Lansdale Post will participate in
the ceremonial degree, at once
celebrating the attainment of the
Post's quota in the Departmental
membership drive and also the
conclusion of the Post's drive
with the rival Captains, Buck
and Wrheaton, battling.
Comrade Buck failed to show
any great degree of sportsmanship in the finish of this drive,
contenting himself with saying,
"If Wheaton had come out on
top I'd have always maintained
that the best thief won !" Wheaton had no comeback to this.
The meeting has been set
aside and the only business to be
transacted is the necessary investigation and election of any additional candidates who may wish
to become members on that
night.
Commander FYed J. Boyle announced that the J street side of
the Memorial Auditorium at 16th
and J will be the point of assembly and all Posts and comrades
are requested to be on hand at
Continued on Page Seven
50,000
DELEGATES
AND VISITORS